Trousers



Y, portion thereof.

TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed loveinberg, i919. Serial No.. 339,533.

To all whom t may conce/.1w

.Be it known that l, BENJAMIN CARDENAS Reyes, a citizen of the United. States, resid ing at Sen Antonio, in the county ot Bexar and State of Ter-zas, have invented. certain new and useful improvements in Trousers, or which the following is e specification.

The object oi" this invention is to provide simple and eliicient means lor alteringa ready-made trou-sers to fit persons oi different sizes.

teedy-iuade trousers rarely rit persons or" approximately the same age or size, and. alterations are often required before the trousers are delivered. l/Vlien ready-made trousers ere completed, t'. e., all seams are sewn, it is necessary to rip sorne o1 the seams and reedjust the i'olds of the goods Where the seams are mede in order to Widen or shorten the body portion vof the trousers the waist and for some distance below the Waist-band, Furthermore, sullicient material is not always provided for obtaining` the necessary adjustments.

According to my invention, l provide ready-made trousers with openings at the sides inmiediately in rear of the side pockets which extend through the Waist-bend and for a short distance below the bottoni of the side pockets, and l provide material on opposite sides or" Vthese seams sufficient in extent to give any desired Width to the body portion. of the trousers before the goods is folded to bring together the edges of the Seems and before the stitching operation is performed.

ln order to provide still Jfurther adjust ments, l form an opening of similar construction to those before described in the beck of the body portion oi the trousers, by means ot 'which adjustments in connection 'with the aojustnients at the sides may be obtained' which will provide neat and 'well-balanced fit ot' the trousers in the body lu the accompanying v A. l a. perspc' per portion of a pair of 'n nnprovzsnents ritter luivc been nado and tu seems stitched,

is e perspectiv viciv or' tbe upper portion ot a pair ot trousrs en'ibodyine my iinproveniente, showing the construction before the adjustments have been made and the seems sewnu Fig, 3 :is e detail view, illustrating the construction o .one or the side sei-eins.

yThe upper po.. Jion of the trousers is indicated at B, b being the front and the rear or seat part. indicates the side seems piaced in tbe usual Way, and C indicates the side pockets. E indicates the waistband.

Trousers made in accordei'ice with my inn have 'the side seams or the legs sewn ne bottoni upiverd to the' point m2 a ons lez .ble distance below the bottom of be side pockets. From this ooint upward i e are openings and these openings exend through the Waist-bend, as indicated n Eig. 2. fulicient material vis provided et ii tue weist-band and in rear of the side Joclrets to permit the goods to be turned or lded in the manner shown in Fig. l in order to provide a folded part to be secured to e corresponding port on the opposite side or" the seam.

ln Fig. 3, g indicates a creased part et tbe inner edge of a llap Gr which provides materiel for Widening or reducing the girth of the trousers at the Waist and for a considerable distance below it. The liap G eX- tends from the top of the waist-band to the bottom of the opening. When e pair of trousers is being fitted to a customer, the 'flop (l on each side is folded along the proper line, temporarily held in placel by pins or stitching7 end then sewn et It, the manner shown.

In this vvay goed lit is quickly obtained With very little trouble end at the seine time e neat job is secured.

ln some eases it is desirable also to adjust 'the waist oi tbe trousers in the rear. This maybe done by en opening which extends through the weist-band to e. considerable distance, namely, to the point fm., indicated in ll Flaps mi, m2 re iorovided to permit oi'itlie desired adjustments and then the folded psrts on opposite sides of the opening are sewn together in the manner indicated.

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